Big D's Astropics

Big D's Astropics

The following CCD images were all taken from my backyard observatory, here in New Milford CT.

The following images were done with a MX916CCD unless otherwise noted.

Many of the images were aquired through a process of accumulation, and stacking.

Exposures ranging from several seconds to several minutes are taken, and stacked together, resulting in a single long exposure.

Some of the objects are just barely visible in the 16" Newtonian, a result of the local light pollution that I have to deal with.

NGC891 composite of 5x30sec MX916/IRblock filter

Stephen's Quintent. (below)
3x30 sec MX916, tracking errors are evident.

M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy.

The Whirlpool Galaxy located in Canes Venatici.

Discovered in 1773 by Charles Messier.

7331

NGC7331 5x30 MX916

Andromeda, Prime focus MX916. 1 minute

M31 through 500mm Telephoto, (52mm aperture)

It's amazing what a $60 lens can give you. Of course a $3000 CCD setup does the majority of the work

NGC6946 10 various exposures, ranging from 10 to 20 seconds.
Bad night of tracking/moonlight/focus.

Most of the CCD images were short multiple exposures, ranging from 10 seconds to 3 minutes, stacked, with a little manual guiding intervention.

M33 composite of 20 X 15 second images. MX916